Steam engine from the North Caucasus

[Freezerrr12]

Find attached the picture of manufactured receiver.

[RNoe]

Does that receiver pipe have provisions for heat expansion?
Perhaps that is not required?
Looks good, though.
RussN

[Freezerrr12]

Hi! Dear RNoe, your question is correct. The minimum possibility of thermal expansion of tht receiver is provided for by its construction on threaded connections. I hope this expansion will be quite insignificant. The steam temperature in it is not more than 150 degrees C/

[Freezerrr12]

Dear forum participants. I need your advice. What area should be the condenser (condenser) of a traditional design for my steam engine. The structure is something like this. The diameter of the copper cylinder is exactly 10 inches - 254 mm by inner diameter. Cylinder length 18-18.5 inches. The number of copper tubes with a diameter of 10 mm - 112 pieces, 17 inches long. Photos of the manufacture of the capacitor (condenser) and its approximate design are attached. I will wait for the assessments of my capacitor (condenser) project, which i have already begun to manufacture. Ingvar.

[Freezerrr12]

Please, kindly note that the previous photos show that not all the tubes are installed, but this is a matter of time. Also, please, find attached the photos of the body of condenser (copper tube). It was cold in the garage in winter, so I did the condenser when it got warmer.

[TahoeSteam]

Beautiful work Ingvar. I think the rule of thumb for cooling surface in an inboard condenser is 1 square foot/indicated horsepower... I don't have my metric calculator to convert, I apologize. Will you be using a circulating pump for the cooling water? Obviously the cooler the circulating water, the more efficient the condenser.

[Freezerrr12]

TahoeSteam thank you for your reply!
I don’t know how much power my steam engine can develop (in horsepower) at a steam pressure of 10-11 atm (kg per centimeter squared). That's why I ask the question. Presumably, the boiler I'm going to make will produce 250 kg of steam at the specified pressure. The difficulty is that the cylinder-piston mechanism is heavy, and power will be wasted to activate it. The condenser will have 2 strokes of coolant (water). In this case, the pump that will supply water will have to have a capacity of at least 80-100 liters of water per minute. This will also require power that I can't calculate. This is my question.
Thank you in advance. Ingvar.

[Freezerrr12]

This is a photo of the condenser cover, which is made from a 3 mm thick copper sheet. So far I have only made four caps.
I also intend to make a fifth - medium one, for rigidity.

[TahoeSteam]

Hello,

Unfortunately I'm a bit of a dunce when it comes to metric measurements, so I might not be the best help with figuring it out... I'll try to give it a go at converting, then converting back perhaps haha.

Did you make that roll form yourself?

[Freezerrr12]

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